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The Dogon people fight endemic disease

World health • Geneva, Switzerland • Published In 1985 • Pages: 28-29

By: Kassambara, Mabo.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This brief article reports on public health efforts to control onchocerciasis (river blindness), schistosomiasis, guinea worm, and malaria in the Dogon plateau in the Republic of Mali. The document discusses the vectors and incidence of these diseases and the nature and success of the efforts to control and eradicate them. The article also reports on the impact of these diseases on the Dogon and the Dogon attitudes toward and participation in the public health efforts.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Morbidity

Acculturation and culture contact

Public health and sanitation

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Dogon

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2019

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Africa

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Western Africa

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Technical Personnel

Entomologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Gerald Reid ; 1988

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

1960-1985

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Mopti Region, Mali

NotesAdditional notes

by Mabo Kassambara

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

81006025

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Dogons (African people)